• Family : MALVACEAE
  (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Sida glutinosa Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.
• Vernacular name : Antututti (Kannada)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forest, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Common in waste places and hills
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district, Yavatmal district
  • Odisha : Bargarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
• World Distribution : South and Southeast Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sida mysorensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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